Sparrow Case
…1075. https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/609/index.do Kulchyski, Peter. Ed. “Sparrow,” in Unjust Relations: Aboriginal Rights in Canadian Courts. Don Mills: Oxford University Press, 1994. 212-237. Helloing, Evaleen. “The Legacy of R v Sparrow.” (2020)….
Guerin Case
…case was filed in 1975 and went through three levels of court before the federal court ruled in Musqueam’s favour and awarded $10 million in compensation to the band. The…
George Manuel
…Manuel became drawn towards a political vocation as a result of the growing despair he saw in his own community. His political career, which spanned three decades, began with his…
Aboriginal Rights
…citizens under Canadian common law. It is difficult to specifically list these rights, as Aboriginal peoples and the Canadian government may hold differing views. Some rights that Aboriginal peoples have…
The White Paper 1969
…many Canadians to question inequality and discrimination in their own society, particularly the treatment of First Nations. In 1963, the federal government commissioned University of British Columbia anthropologist Harry B….
Indian Status
…(For more information on how taxation applies to status Indians, visit the Canadian Revenue Agency’s website here: http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/brgnls/menu-eng.html). Who can have Indian Status? There are complex rules governing Indian status,…
Royal Proclamation, 1763
…said Indians do take out a Licence for carrying on such Trade from the Governor or Commander in Chief of any of our Colonies respectively where such Person shall reside,…
Constitution Act, 1982 Section 35
…begins Part II of the constitution. This allows Section 35 to be exempt from the “notwithstanding clause” that applies to the Charter. In other words, the federal government cannot override…
The Indian Act
…process of excluding women from their status rights in the Indian Act, read Chapter 9, “The Indian Act,” in Volume I of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples.) The confederation…
The Residential School System
…hard not to cry when I was being beaten and I can still just turn off my feelings…. And I’m lucky. Many of the men my age, they either didn’t…
